I love pretty flower pots and I like to be original. A Terra-Cotta flower pot is the cheapest kind to buy, but the plants dry out really fast because they are not glazed. But if you paint them they are now cheap, creative and seal coated so they hold moisture much longer. I use craft paints that you can buy almost anywhere. Water clean up. Afterward the paint is good and dry I seal the paint in with clear spray polyurethane. This comes in gloss or satin which ever you may prefer. I prefer gloss. I spray the outside and the inside with the gloss polyurethane. It works better to spray the inside so the moisture doesn’t come through and spoil the craft paint.

One of my favorite places to go to find home decorating ideas is at our local Habitat for Humanity ReStore. This is a great place to find random used or slightly used items, plus proceeds are used to help build more homes for Habitat for Humanity in your area.

Check out our latest find below:

Left: We purchased the black and yellow rope on the bottomRight: We purchased the brown rope

So now comes the question…. What the heck am I going to do with all this rope???? Well check out some ideas I found below. Let me know which idea is your favorite and I will post it to the blog later on what I ended up doing with the rope.

1. Rope and Spool End Table #1

Well this would use up some rope and the spool! I really like that I could use both of my finds to create this idea.